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Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to John Pinches to give details of the inscription needed on the Gold Medal and to ask that it could be delivered by 23 December. Typed, dated 24 November, 1965.

Acknowledgment Invoice from John Pinches to Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, for silver-gilt medal, engraved and in leather case. Printed form with typed insertions, dated 13 August 1965.

Letter from John Pinches to Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to give a quote for the medal in 9 carat gold of £30 and that a current delivery time is 10 weeks. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 16 September 1965.

This series contains correspondence regarding the conferment of the Medal, correspondence regarding the purchase of the Medal; correspondence with media organisations; newspaper cuttings; and material concerning the death of Hamilton Gibb. See Related Material for further information

This sub-series contains material regarding the selection of the candidate for the award and correspondence from Sir Hamilton Gibb,

A letter from the Selection Committee for the Gold Medal to the President of the Royal Asiatic Society to nominate Sir Hamilton Gibb for the award of the Medal. They had considered 6 candidates and the Committee recommends that these names be put on record for the use of further committees. Their second choice was Sir Harold Bailey (see RAS TGM/26). The letter is handwritten and signed by the members of the Committee - John Burton-Page, Professor Edward Ullendorff and H.C. Shorto. Dated 26 June 1968. With this letter is a handwritten note to the Director recommending Sir Harold Bailey and a letter from E.H.S. Simmonds to John Burton-Page, also recommending Harold Bailey. This is typed and dated 14 June 1968.

Letter from Hamilton Gibb to Professor Beckingham to express his gratitude at the conferment of the Medal and to ask that it be presented to him in Oxford as he is no longer able to travel. Typed letter, undated. With this is a handwritten speech in which Gibb writes of his gratitude and his work in Arabic studies.

Two versions of a press release concerning the award of the Gold Medal to Sir Hamilton Gibb. Both typed with pencil annotations, undated.

Two newspaper cuttings, one from The Times and one from the Daily Telegraph, concerning the award of the Gold Medal to Sir Hamilton Gibb. Both are glued on to a sheet of paper with added typed headings.

This sub-series consists of correspondence with Sir Hamilton Gibb's family on the occasion of his death and a newspaper cutting from The Times of his Obituary.